Help with RAM

[Ruin624]

Budget (including currency): R50 000

Country: South Africa

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950x, Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming X570 Plus, RAM: KLEVV CRAS X RGB, GPU: RTX 3080, Storage: Hikvision E1000 M.2 PCIe SSD & WD Blue 4TB HDD, PSU: Cooler Master V1200, AIO: Corsair Capellix H100i, Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow. 

 

Hi Everyone, 

 

I am putting together my first ever PC build and I would very much appreciate some insight on the RAM. I bought 4 x 8 GB sticks of the RAM mentioned above, with the sticks packaged in sets of two. As they are the same brand and model, does it matter which slots they go into on the motherboard? or would it be best to match them according to packaging and serial numbers? 

 

 

[AnirbanG007]

10 minutes ago, Ruin624 said:

Budget (including currency): R50 000

Country: South Africa

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950x, Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming X570 Plus, RAM: KLEVV CRAS X RGB, GPU: RTX 3080, Storage: Hikvision E1000 M.2 PCIe SSD & WD Blue 4TB HDD, PSU: Cooler Master V1200, AIO: Corsair Capellix H100i, Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow. 

 

Hi Everyone, 

 

I am putting together my first ever PC build and I would very much appreciate some insight on the RAM. I bought 4 x 8 GB sticks of the RAM mentioned above, with the sticks packaged in sets of two. As they are the same brand and model, does it matter which slots they go into on the motherboard? or would it be best to match them according to packaging and serial numbers? 

 

 

If all the 4 sticks are the same make and model, just put them one by one in the 4 slots of the motherboard.

[Henry2026]

I think you should put them side by side, populating all four of the ram slots. If they are no the same brand, speed, capacity, CL rating, or type, you should NOT put them together. You should return the other pack. 

[Ruin624]

Thank you both for your responses. I can confirm they are the same brand, speed, capacity, CL rating and type, so it seems that placing them in the ram slots in any order will be just fine.